Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available in two variants for servers. A base Red Hat Enterprise Linux server is designed for small deployments while Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform is designed for mainstream customers and provides the most cost-effective, flexible, and scalable environment. Both versions are based on common core technology. Both include a comprehensive suite of open source server applications and virtualization capabilities.

Key Features : A huge ecosystem of hardware and software partners, offering both services and certified solutions, makes Red Hat the industry leader. This powerful combination provides:

• Thousands of certified applications from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
• Hundreds of certified hardware systems and peripherals from leading OEM vendors, spanning multiple processor architectures
  A range of partner programs
• Comprehensive service offerings, up to 24x7 support with 1-hour response, available from Red Hat and selected ISV/OEM partners
• Excellent performance, security, scalability, and availability, with audited industry benchmarks
• Open source technologies rigorously tested and matured through the Red Hat sponsored Fedora project
• With each major version, stable application interfaces and 7 years of product support
• A homogeneous client/server product family that enables seamless inter-operation of systems from the laptop to the data-center to the mainframe. Plus, excellent interoperability with existing Unix and Microsoft® Windows® deployment